I have always been under the impression that Partition 1 starts on the outside of the disk and works its way inward. If the whole partition takes up a whole platter, the partition then extends onto the outter regions of the next platter. The seek time should be faster on the outside of the platter vs the inside so I have always made partition 1 rather small in hopes of isolating an outer region and a partition with the fastest seek times possible.
Is this notion even true? And if so, is this the way it works with all HDDs?
Is this notion even true? And if so, is this the way it works with all HDDs?